The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters /
Nichols, Tom 1960-
The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters / Tom Nichols. - Second edition, Updated and expanded edition. - xxiii, 309 pages ; 21 cm.
Previous edition published in 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (page 299) and index.
Preface to the Updated and Expanded Edition -- Preface -- Introduction: The death of expertise -- Experts and citizens -- How conversation became exhausting -- Higher Education: The customer is always right -- Let me Google that for you: How unlimited information is making us dumber -- The "New" new journalism, and lots of it -- When the experts are wrong -- The experts, the public, and the Pandemic -- Conclusion: Experts and democracy.
"In the early 1990s, a small group of "AIDS denialists," including a University of California professor named Peter Duesberg, argued against virtually the entire medical establishment's consensus that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Science thrives on such counterintuitive challenges, but there was no evidence for Duesberg's beliefs, which turned out to be baseless. Once researchers found HIV, doctors and public health officials were able to save countless lives through measures aimed at preventing its transmission"--
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2023049382
Information society--Political aspects.
Sociedad de la información--Aspectos políticos
Knowledge, Theory of--Political aspects.
Teoría del conocimiento --Aspectos políticos
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Sociología del conocimiento
Expertise--Political aspects.
Education, Higher--Political aspects.
Internet--Political aspects.
Internet --Aspectos políticos
HM 851 / N622d 2024
303.48/33
The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters / Tom Nichols. - Second edition, Updated and expanded edition. - xxiii, 309 pages ; 21 cm.
Previous edition published in 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (page 299) and index.
Preface to the Updated and Expanded Edition -- Preface -- Introduction: The death of expertise -- Experts and citizens -- How conversation became exhausting -- Higher Education: The customer is always right -- Let me Google that for you: How unlimited information is making us dumber -- The "New" new journalism, and lots of it -- When the experts are wrong -- The experts, the public, and the Pandemic -- Conclusion: Experts and democracy.
"In the early 1990s, a small group of "AIDS denialists," including a University of California professor named Peter Duesberg, argued against virtually the entire medical establishment's consensus that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Science thrives on such counterintuitive challenges, but there was no evidence for Duesberg's beliefs, which turned out to be baseless. Once researchers found HIV, doctors and public health officials were able to save countless lives through measures aimed at preventing its transmission"--
9780197763834 (paperback) 0197763839 (paperback) 9780197763827 (hardback)
2023049382
Information society--Political aspects.
Sociedad de la información--Aspectos políticos
Knowledge, Theory of--Political aspects.
Teoría del conocimiento --Aspectos políticos
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Sociología del conocimiento
Expertise--Political aspects.
Education, Higher--Political aspects.
Internet--Political aspects.
Internet --Aspectos políticos
HM 851 / N622d 2024
303.48/33